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< Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 6:55 PM
< To: TruOrange@aol.com
< Subject: True Orange E-Mail/Fax #66
<
< True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service
< Volume 9, E-Mail/Fax #66, Wednesday, July 18, 2001
< Jerry Scarbrough's True Orange, P. O. Box 26530, Austin, Texas 78755 -
< Phone
< 512-795-8536
<
< UT Game at Houston Set for 8 P. M. Kickoff for TV
<
< The Texas-Houston football game at Houston on Sept. 22 has been set for
< ESPN2 national television with an 8 p.m. kickoff. That is great news for
< Longhorn fans because the Cougars' athletic director has insisted on
< playing
< the game at Robertson Stadium, which has very limited seating capacity in
< the
< 30,000 range.
< That means Texas' first three games will be televised, with Fox
< telecasting
< the Sept. 1 opener in Austin at 6 p.m. against New Mexico State and ABC
< televising the Sept. 8 Austin game against North Carolina at 11 a.m. That
< 11
< a.m. kickoff time should boost the TV ratings in Texas because it is
< brutally
< hot in Memorial Stadium in early September when the sun is directly
< overhead.
< I expect a lot of folks who bougtht tickets to that one to decide to
watch
< in
< in their air conditioned homes.
< * * * *
< UT basketball coach Rick Barnes announced Wednesday something I announced
< in
< a fax last Thursday - Sydmill Harris, a 6-6, 190-pound shooting guard
for
<
< The Netherlands National Team, has committed to Texas and will be
eligible
<
< this season.
< Harris, who is attending summer school in Austin already, averaged 7.5
< points
< in his first season with the Dutch National Team after leading the Dutch
< Junior National Team in scoring for four straight seasons.
< "Sydmill comes here with the reputation as a solid outside shooter,"
< Barnes
< said. "He's a very mature and intelligent young man, both in the
classroom
<
< and on the basketball court. Sydmill was looking for a college program in
< the
< U. S. where he could contribute immediately and continue to learn and
< grow
< as a basketball player. He'll definitely find that here at Texas."
< Barnes said Harris hit 34.5% (38 of 110) of his trey attempts last
season,
<
< noting that the international three-point line is at 20 feet, 6.1 inches,

< which is slightly deeper than the NCAA's 19-9 arc.
< Longhorn players who have been working out with Harris report he lives up
< to
< his reputation as a super shooter with outstanding range.
< Harris is a good pickup for the Horns, who lost both super shooting
guards
< in
< Texas to out-of-state schools. Daniel Horton of Cedar Hill chose Michigan
< and
< Bracey Wright of The Colony announced earlier this wee that he has
< narrowed
< his choices to five out-of-state schools.
< Another outstanding shooter, Lakeland, Florida's 6-5 swingman Rashad
< Anderson, led his Tallahassee Wildcats to a 69-36 route of the two-time
< defending champion Fort Worth Lions in the championship game of the Great

< America Shootout in Denton Monday. He says Texas is his top choice right
< now.
< "I like it here and Texas told me they need a two (shooting) guard," he
< said,
< adding that he also is considering Temple, Florida State, Connecticut and
< St.
< John's. He hit four three-pointers in the first half to help Tallahassee
< blow
< out the Fort Worth team and take a 30-8 lead at intermission. He finished

< with 18 points to lead all scorers in the game.
< * * * *
< Junior reserve DE Adam McConathy has been released from his scholarship
< and
< plans to transfer to another school to try to get more playing time.
< * * * *
< RECRUITING ROUNDUP: Super WR Marquis Johnson of Champaign, Illinois, says
< he
< will take an unofficial visit to Texas this weekend. He said he and a
< friend
< are going to "take a few days of vacation and come to Austin." He said he

< still favors Texas, despite never having visited the state, "because I
< really
< like the offense they run." If the Longhorns can land Johnson and Robert
< Timmons of Flower Mound Marcus, the top WR in Texas, they probably won't
< sign
< any other receivers because they already have a commitment from WR Dustin

< Miksch of Round Rock Westwood. The Longhorns still have 11 commitments,
< including six guys who have been on one or more national top 100 lists.
< They
< are OL Neale Tweedie, 6-5, 260, 4.9, of Allen; TE-LB David Thomas, 6-3,
< 210,
< 4.6, of Wolfforth Frenship; OL Brett Valdez, 6-4, 310, 5.1, of
< Brownwood,
< and DTs Sonny Davis, 6-1, 320, 5.0, of Gulf Coast JC in Mississippi (who
< was
< on all the top lists last year when he was a senior at Austin Lanier),
< Earl
< Anderson, 6-4, 270, 4.8, of San Marcos and Lyle Sendlein, 6-4, 260, 4.8,
< of
< Scottsdale Chaparral.
< * * * *
< My next e-mail/fax will be whenever events warrant.
< * * * *
< The True Orange E-Mail/Fax Service includes at least 99 fax/e-mails a

< year and costs $99 ($79 by E-Mail). The True Orange Newsletter includes
< 26
< newsletters and is published weekly during football season and twice
< monthly
< during most of the other months. It costs $45. Save by subscribing to
both
<
< for $130 (or $110 if you take the faxes via E-Mail or $99 if you take
the
<
< faxes and newsletter via E-Mail). Send check to address at the top of
< page.
< I also update my 900 number - 1-900-288-8839 - frequently with
recruiting
<
< news. My E-Mail address is: truorange@aol.com.